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Among today’s American 25- to 34-year olds, slightly more than 40 percent have associate’s degrees or higher. But that rate places the US only 12th of the 36 countries in a College Board study of countries with the highest graduation rates. Here are the top six countries.
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3. Russia, 55.5 percent
Most countries with high college participation have low levels of graduates majoring in education. Russia bucks that trend; one out of every 10 Russian college graduates majors in education, which includes teacher training and education science. By contrast, 22 percent of Russian college graduates major in engineering-related fields.
Russian students wearing bachelor’s caps, at left, seen at a graduation ceremony at Moscow State Linguistic University in 2010.
Source: Global Education Digest.
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